University research produces numerous papers about software engineering. Unfortunately, many of the problems explored by these software engineering researchers have no actual application. These papers fall into The Black Hole of Software Engineering Research.
Andy Ko is an associate professor at the University of Washington. When he worked as a CTO of AnswerDash, he experimented with some of the software engineering research coming out of academia and industry. Today on Software Engineering Daily, we discuss Andy’s results. Our conversation spans the topics of education, big companies, and startups.